Denial of service in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2018-2663

CSH
CYBERSECURITY HELP
Sign In REGISTER
 
Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU10142

Denial of service in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2018-2663

Published: January 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10142
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-2663
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit Libraries component. A remote attacker can cause partial denial of service conditions.

Affected software

JRockit
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server
Oracle Java SE
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
IBM AIX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
SUSE Linux
Red Hat Satellite
IBM MQ
Cognos Insight
java-1.7.0-oracle (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package)
System Networking Switch Center (SNSC)

How to mitigate CVE-2018-2663

Install update from vendor's website.

java-1.7.0-oracle (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
System Networking Switch Center (SNSC) - update to 7.3.4

External References

Related Security Bulletins